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EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT -- Egyptians surround the bodies of two men hung by their feet in a bus station after being accused of theft in Samanod, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday March 17, 2013. Egyptian vigilantes beat two men accused of stealing a motorized rickshaw, stripped them half-naked and hung them by their feet in a crowded bus station in the Nile Delta on Sunday, according to security officials. Both men died. The killings came a week after the attorney general's office encouraged civilians to arrest lawbreakers and hand them over to police. (AP Photo)